Music of Angola

[2] The capital and largest city of Angola — Luanda — is home to a diverse group of styles including kazukuta, semba, kizomba and kuduro.

With the first half of the twentieth century came big bands, who sang in both Portuguese and Kimbundu[3] Liceu Vieira Dias is considered to be the man who revolutionised Angolan music.

Groups like Os Kiezos, Negoleiros do Ritmo, Jovens do Prenda, Ngoma Jazz, Africa Show, Aguias Reais… were some of the main bands of Angola’s music scene during its "Golden Years".

[4] Two other prominent musicians of the pre-independence era included David Zé and Urbano de Castro, both of whom were assassinated as a result of their political activism.

Cuban Rumba was popular and influential across southern Africa, including Angola's neighbor Zaïre (renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo), where it became the basis for soukous.

Discussions about kizomba employ words such as ‘connected,’ ‘sensual’ and ‘intimate,’ creating dance experiences and a wider scene laden with affect and underlying eroticism.

The biggest producer in the Kizomba field is Nelo Paim who works in conjunction with Afonso Quintas and LS Productions.